Hi again.
Today whilst out riding my ebike,I started noticing the bike was randomly dropping it's assisted power.I always carry a spare battery just in case I want to go further a field so the first thing I did was to swap the battery over to see if it changed anything.
Well it made no difference what so ever, so I carried on, hoping the issue would magically go away to which it didn't.
After I few miles I started to notice a pattern in that every time I went over a rough suffice it would cut out for a brief moment and then all was fine.A few more miles and I tracked the issue to the rear brake lever and the motor cut out sensor that's built into the brake lever..Giving the lever a few flicks would restore everything.
I'm no expert with ebikes by any means but once home I had a good look at it to see if I could sort it out.I was half expecting to see a micro switch that had got "sticky" but this was not the case.
To take the cut out cable out I had to undo a small grub screw on the lever before I could unscrew the cable/wire out.
To my surprise there no micro switch but just a (best way to discribe it) a long cylindrical piece of metal about 3mm wide by 2 cm long.
I cleaned it up although it wasn't even dirty and replaced it..
I Tried the bike only to discover it would now not work..
After a bit more messing around it became apparent it needed to be finely adjusted to get it to work.If it's screwed in to far or not enough it will cut the power to the motor.
I've got it all working nicely again now but I will take the tools needed with me on my next ride out just in case it needs adjustment.
Since I've had the bike it's occasionally cut out briefly for a spirit second on 30 mile ride so I'm hoping all this has now been solved.
Well you live and learn 🤣
All the very Best,
Johnny.
Today whilst out riding my ebike,I started noticing the bike was randomly dropping it's assisted power.I always carry a spare battery just in case I want to go further a field so the first thing I did was to swap the battery over to see if it changed anything.
Well it made no difference what so ever, so I carried on, hoping the issue would magically go away to which it didn't.
After I few miles I started to notice a pattern in that every time I went over a rough suffice it would cut out for a brief moment and then all was fine.A few more miles and I tracked the issue to the rear brake lever and the motor cut out sensor that's built into the brake lever..Giving the lever a few flicks would restore everything.
I'm no expert with ebikes by any means but once home I had a good look at it to see if I could sort it out.I was half expecting to see a micro switch that had got "sticky" but this was not the case.
To take the cut out cable out I had to undo a small grub screw on the lever before I could unscrew the cable/wire out.
To my surprise there no micro switch but just a (best way to discribe it) a long cylindrical piece of metal about 3mm wide by 2 cm long.
I cleaned it up although it wasn't even dirty and replaced it..
I Tried the bike only to discover it would now not work..
After a bit more messing around it became apparent it needed to be finely adjusted to get it to work.If it's screwed in to far or not enough it will cut the power to the motor.
I've got it all working nicely again now but I will take the tools needed with me on my next ride out just in case it needs adjustment.
Since I've had the bike it's occasionally cut out briefly for a spirit second on 30 mile ride so I'm hoping all this has now been solved.
Well you live and learn 🤣
All the very Best,
Johnny.
